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now what we hear from this administration is that the new secretary of state john kerry will be staying behind, will circle back to jerusalem on saturday night, meet with netanyahu and his people and try to reinvigorate it. so there was that attempt. we're seeing reports that abbas, the palestinian leader, is now willing to forego his requirement that a settlement freeze exists and be declared by netanyahu openly before any peace talks resume. it seems as though the palestinian stance is softening. but it is not front and center. the president tried to put it there today while at the same time delivering what i think israelis wanted to hear about iran and about syria. >> jamie, andrea brings up a good point, that abbas has, in a sense, reached out and said, okay, we will consider this aspect of things. how key is that to starting any sort of peace talks again? >> well, that has been the block to actual meetings. the palestinians have said until there's a settlement freeze, the position that the united states had taken as well that andrea referred to, until there is such a freeze, then t
now what we hear from this administration is that the new secretary of state john kerry will be staying behind, will circle back to jerusalem on saturday night, meet with netanyahu and his people and try to reinvigorate it. so there was that attempt. we're seeing reports that abbas, the palestinian leader, is now willing to forego his requirement that a settlement freeze exists and be declared by netanyahu openly before any peace talks resume. it seems as though the palestinian stance is...
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. >>> and just yesterday, the late beetle john lennon was thrust into the gun debate when his widow drew attention to the cause tweeting a photo of her late husband's blood splattered glasses from the day he was assassinated by a crazed lone gunman. >>> and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. republican senator sax by chambliss of georgia was asked if his views on same sex marriage have changed? he replied, i'm not gay, so i'm not going to marry one. well that clears that up. >>> patty davis, the daughter of former president ronald reagan has a novel out about a woman falling in love with her sister-in-law. she denies the story called "till human voices wake us" is a lesbian version of "50 shades of grey." >>> with reports of jimmy fallon taking over "the tonight show" and bringing it back to new york, a state budget proposal offers tax breaks for live tv talk shows that relocate to new york. some are calling it the jimmy fallon tax credit. >>> misch ole oh, was made to look like a queen wearing a tiara on british stamps. it's actually a new ad for br
. >>> and just yesterday, the late beetle john lennon was thrust into the gun debate when his widow drew attention to the cause tweeting a photo of her late husband's blood splattered glasses from the day he was assassinated by a crazed lone gunman. >>> and now here's your first look at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. republican senator sax by chambliss of georgia was asked if his views on same sex marriage have changed? he replied, i'm not gay, so i'm not going to...
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i think that's not the general expectation in a dramatic way. >> john harwood, thank you so much. >>> with me here in new york, congressman charlie rangel. congressman, thank you so much for joining me. >> good being here. >> congressman, one of the things that strikes me is the dramat dramatic shift as john was talking about in public opinion on this issue, particularly with young voters under 30 who see this as a civil rights issue. i wanted to get your thoughts on that in that broader context of this being seen as the civil rights issue of our time in some ways. >> sometimes ignorance has a lot to do with people forming their opinion. and the statement that's attached to something, everyone wants to be liked. but when they turn around after making an argument against same-sex marriage and people of the same sex falling in love, then they go home and their child who they love so much common sense changes your judgment. this is one of those things a lot of people are saying there are so many people that inadvertently -- >> it seems like it's one of those cases where perhaps the beam
i think that's not the general expectation in a dramatic way. >> john harwood, thank you so much. >>> with me here in new york, congressman charlie rangel. congressman, thank you so much for joining me. >> good being here. >> congressman, one of the things that strikes me is the dramat dramatic shift as john was talking about in public opinion on this issue, particularly with young voters under 30 who see this as a civil rights issue. i wanted to get your thoughts on...
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john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will change. i think it is clear, the question that you pose to karen, how much change in the wake of newtown and the answer is not that much. that raise the prominence of this issue. that guaranteed there will be an argument for it what karen said and i agree, the underlying politic force this issue, the reason since the 1990s it was stalled, fundamentally hasn't changed. because in states that the democrats need to compete in, this is a much bigger issue among people opposed to gun control than any possible gain that could come to somebody for taking a risk in passing it. the basic politics of gun c
john, do we, at this point, so now the big piece of the bill now appears to be background checks. can you give me your assessment of the political landscape? does that and the other few things that are attached to it, including straw purchases, do we get some gun legislation passed that the president and vice president biden can say, see, we did this. we acted when the country wanted us to act. >> i think it's still very problematic. but it's possible some sort of incremental measure will...
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john kasich, you're actually against civil unions. john boehner, you don't want background checks for gun buyers after all even though none of you really seem to believe that's what you're supposed to believe. why does this happen so much in republican politics and how does the other party or country at large argue policy with a party that so often does not seem know what their policy positions are let alone actually believe in them. >>> joining us is ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst. thanks for being here. >> good to see you, rachel. >> occasionally republicans do not just talk about policy and get confused therein. occasionally they make policy the case with a big spending bill they left for the government shutdown they left for the president to sign today. is there something in policies they do enact that show they do understand those policies and believe in them more than this other stuff they seem to not even really understand? >> there are a couple of constants. lower taxes on rich people, not lower taxes for everybody, right? t
john kasich, you're actually against civil unions. john boehner, you don't want background checks for gun buyers after all even though none of you really seem to believe that's what you're supposed to believe. why does this happen so much in republican politics and how does the other party or country at large argue policy with a party that so often does not seem know what their policy positions are let alone actually believe in them. >>> joining us is ezra klein, msnbc policy analyst....
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because we believe so strongly in it. >> and kyle and john, john, i want to hear from you. i want to play something that justice kagan had to say about same-sex marriage and what harm it could or could not do. let's play that and we'll come back and talk about it. >> what harm to the institution of marriage or to opposite-sex couples, how does this cause and effect work? >> well once again, i would reiterate that we don't believe that's the correct legal question before the court. and that the correct question is whether or not redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would advance the interests of marriage. >>> john, what do you make of that case? that's obviously the defense regarding how you define marriage and harm done. what do you make of it? >> well chris, the whole thing is we're not looking to redefine marriage. we just want to be a part of it. kyle and i have been together for more than ten years now, we finally were able to marry two years ago. this is about making sure that other people in other states have the same opportunity that we have and the same r
because we believe so strongly in it. >> and kyle and john, john, i want to hear from you. i want to play something that justice kagan had to say about same-sex marriage and what harm it could or could not do. let's play that and we'll come back and talk about it. >> what harm to the institution of marriage or to opposite-sex couples, how does this cause and effect work? >> well once again, i would reiterate that we don't believe that's the correct legal question before the...
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people have been killed by guns since john lennon was killed. i remember thinking a few years after that, george harrison, if you remember, was also attacked in his home. he was asleep in his bed. but the intruder had a knife. because it is really hard to get a hold of a gun in great britain. and they were able to wrestle the guy out of bed and george's wife bopped him with a lamp. and i remember thinking that night, that the only reason that george harrison is alive tonight, and john lennon is dead, is because john lennon chose to live in the united states of america. >> wow. >> he wanted to be one of us. he wanted to be an american. and this happens, not only to him, as yoko points out, but to so many others. murder, suicide, accidental guns going off. it's -- can i just say something else too? >> absolutely. >> i don't we don't have -- we're on an agenda here. >> that's all right. >> it is the first time i've been able to talk to you on tv like this. so i'm honored to do that. >> thank you, my friend. >> i want to clear this up about how i re
people have been killed by guns since john lennon was killed. i remember thinking a few years after that, george harrison, if you remember, was also attacked in his home. he was asleep in his bed. but the intruder had a knife. because it is really hard to get a hold of a gun in great britain. and they were able to wrestle the guy out of bed and george's wife bopped him with a lamp. and i remember thinking that night, that the only reason that george harrison is alive tonight, and john lennon is...
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even hawks like john mccain have been advocating for this kind of change. if this happens, if this happens, if they move drone warfare out of the handles of the cia and put it under the auspices of the military, this would not be the end of drone warfare, but it would be the end of a really big and far reaching change that we made as a country after 911 that we never, ever debated. it just happened. joining us now for the interview, is i'm very pleased to announce, patrick murphy. he served in the u.s. army in iraq. >> what do you make of this report today in the daily beast that the white house is ready to pull the cism a out of the drone warfare business and put it under pentagon control instead? >> i'm a little ticked because i got scooped by somebody else on a different website on my first day on msnbc. this is a big deal. we're basically going back to the fundamentals of what the cively a should be. and they should not be a power of military force. they have clear rules of engagement under title 50 of the united states code. the military is under title
even hawks like john mccain have been advocating for this kind of change. if this happens, if this happens, if they move drone warfare out of the handles of the cia and put it under the auspices of the military, this would not be the end of drone warfare, but it would be the end of a really big and far reaching change that we made as a country after 911 that we never, ever debated. it just happened. joining us now for the interview, is i'm very pleased to announce, patrick murphy. he served in...
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we understand john kerry's push will take place over the next six months to bring the israelis and palestinians together. it is critical. >> the shear number of settlements, how might that affect the prospect after two-state solution? >> well, going back to -- >> sorry -- >> the relationship for a second here, i think when we look at obama's visit here, like a few years ago, people were talking about leading from behind when it came to obama, in the middle east. and i think what we have seen come to pass. is only one of those words coming true and it wasn't -- it isn't leading. there has been just tremendous frustration as on both sides as martin mentions. palestinians are as frustrated with obama's presidency as israelis have been. so i think that is really something that he has to tackle first. and on the beast today, on the daily beast, the brookings institute has a really interesting primer on what obama should look for here at this meeting and some of the objectives he should go for. one of them is that he should reintroduce himself to the israeli public and try and make friends with the p
we understand john kerry's push will take place over the next six months to bring the israelis and palestinians together. it is critical. >> the shear number of settlements, how might that affect the prospect after two-state solution? >> well, going back to -- >> sorry -- >> the relationship for a second here, i think when we look at obama's visit here, like a few years ago, people were talking about leading from behind when it came to obama, in the middle east. and i...
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john boehner has basically said in the house, you know, we're going to sit back and watch and see what comes out of the senate. so it is a very, you know, bad use of a word, but sort of a targeted issue here. you know, i just am not entirely sure that mayor bloomberg's money is going to have the kind of impact in those areas it would have to have. >> i want to bring in congressman charles rangel. always good to have you on the program. good morning. >> good to be back. good morning. >> you're a proponent of many of these new laws. what happened to people in your corner? i mean, things seemed so promising after newtown and now the senate democrats, harry reid said, look, it's just a pragmatic decision, can barely get 40 votes for an assault weapons ban, let alone 60. what happened? >> i'm ashamed to admit it, but it's politics and it's money. the national rifle association has taken this position. there's no reason, there's no foundation, there's no hunter that needs automatic military weapons to enjoy the culture of going hunting. but, you know, it's really basically the absence of the
john boehner has basically said in the house, you know, we're going to sit back and watch and see what comes out of the senate. so it is a very, you know, bad use of a word, but sort of a targeted issue here. you know, i just am not entirely sure that mayor bloomberg's money is going to have the kind of impact in those areas it would have to have. >> i want to bring in congressman charles rangel. always good to have you on the program. good morning. >> good to be back. good morning....
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the nra has been on capitol hill for aimings and has a lot of allies, including speaker john boehner who might have to push a controversial immigration bill through his had house. is he going to put two bills on the floor that could anger his base and hurt them in 2014? potentially and hurt his tenure as speaker? that remains to be seen. >> you know what that means, josh, your boss, mayor bloomberg -- do you call him your boss? like -- >> i call him sir. >> is going to have a busy next couple of years. >> well you know, hopefully he's got a bank account. >> something tells me he does. >> to fund it. >> we have to take a break. but the gun reform discussion continues. this weekend on "meet the press." david gregory will talk exclusively with new york city mayor, michael bloomberg and nra ceo wayne lapierre. if that is not must-see television, i do not know what is. this is this sunday on "meet the press." coming up, merriam webster defines the addiction as the compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance. so when scientists are literally altering the physical shape of salt
the nra has been on capitol hill for aimings and has a lot of allies, including speaker john boehner who might have to push a controversial immigration bill through his had house. is he going to put two bills on the floor that could anger his base and hurt them in 2014? potentially and hurt his tenure as speaker? that remains to be seen. >> you know what that means, josh, your boss, mayor bloomberg -- do you call him your boss? like -- >> i call him sir. >> is going to have a...
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. >> these are john lien on's blood eyeglasses from the day he was murdered. good to see both of you, good morning. let me read to you from the column in the washington post this morning. we all know what's happening here. senate democrats face a tough battle to hold on to their slim majority. i'd love to hear them explain their cal kragss to the parents of newtown. emily, is harry reid's bill essentially a surrender that's based on the political reality of the vote next year? >> i would actually even challenge even at this point harry reid's cal slags that this is a political reality. the reality is the american public is already there. particularly, when it comes to background checks. poll after poll is showing us 90% of the american people, 84% of gun owners, even 74% of nra members are supporting the universal background checks. the nra -- >> that is in the bill. what's not in the bill is assault weapons. as you know dianne feinstein wasn't very happy about it. >> not very happy and neither was vice president biden. harry reid needs to say no to the specia
. >> these are john lien on's blood eyeglasses from the day he was murdered. good to see both of you, good morning. let me read to you from the column in the washington post this morning. we all know what's happening here. senate democrats face a tough battle to hold on to their slim majority. i'd love to hear them explain their cal kragss to the parents of newtown. emily, is harry reid's bill essentially a surrender that's based on the political reality of the vote next year? >> i...
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senators lindsey graham and john mccain have just issued a statement warning that if the use of chemical weapons is verified, then the united states must take immediate action. i have to ask you, kristen, how is the white house responding to these disturbing reports out of syria? >> reporter: well, they are quite concerned about the reports out of syria, martin, and i have to tell you, there are still a lot of question marks. the white house making the point that they are looking into the allegations that chemical weapons were used in syria. as you pointed out, the government is pointing fingers at the rebel forces. the rebel forces are pointing fingers at the government. you notice the language that jay carney used today was quite different in terms of referring to the rebel forces. saying at this point in time there is no credible evidence to suggest that they used chemical weapons. they are taking these reports very seriously, though, and trying to determine if this was, in fact, the case. now, of course, president obama has made it clear that his red line in syria is the use or movem
senators lindsey graham and john mccain have just issued a statement warning that if the use of chemical weapons is verified, then the united states must take immediate action. i have to ask you, kristen, how is the white house responding to these disturbing reports out of syria? >> reporter: well, they are quite concerned about the reports out of syria, martin, and i have to tell you, there are still a lot of question marks. the white house making the point that they are looking into the...
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and this is what worked in our society, john, when we were all children. this is what worked for generations of people. and then in the '70s we started cutting it back. that's where we are now. that's what your party hasn't reckoned it. >> you know how i got in this chair? my dad was g.i. bill, in the navy in world war ii. he went to college. became middle class. four brothers and mine. i got here because i got the holy cross, good college. got national defense education loans i was in the peace corps, changed my lives. my father worked for the city of philadelphia. i have no problem with public service. that's where i'm at. that's how i got here. your party says that's degraded. i got a 47% because my father is on a g.i. bill and ended up on social security. what's wrong with government? >> look it -- >> good for most people. am i addicted to government? >> first of all, as a country, particularly to washington they're addicted to spending. we created this massive point -- >> you're on there. that's your winning -- you got the winning cad rig card right >
and this is what worked in our society, john, when we were all children. this is what worked for generations of people. and then in the '70s we started cutting it back. that's where we are now. that's what your party hasn't reckoned it. >> you know how i got in this chair? my dad was g.i. bill, in the navy in world war ii. he went to college. became middle class. four brothers and mine. i got here because i got the holy cross, good college. got national defense education loans i was in...
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could this be perry's year, john? you spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. >> i think he's quite an outsider at this point. i think his only calculus could be that circumstances somehow change dramatically and that the other frontrunners somehow are all taken down. he doesn't even have the consultants that helped him run this campaign this past cycle. dave carney in new hampshire and him have had a complete falling out from what i understand. and so he's -- it does seem like a little bit of a pipe dream. >> he has tried to lead on immigration in the republican ranks. do you think he can use that to his leverage? >> i think rick perry has seen his best days as a presidential conditioned da candidate are behind him. he could be an important voice but other than that, i don't see anyone actually taking him seriously as a presidential contender. he just -- there were so many mistakes that were made in the last campaign. he doesn't have the infrastructure. you hear his name and you just can't help but giggle. i mean
could this be perry's year, john? you spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. >> i think he's quite an outsider at this point. i think his only calculus could be that circumstances somehow change dramatically and that the other frontrunners somehow are all taken down. he doesn't even have the consultants that helped him run this campaign this past cycle. dave carney in new hampshire and him have had a complete falling out from what i understand. and so he's -- it does seem like a...
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i do think, however, it would be possible to embarrass john boehner into at least staging a vote. i remember president obama in his state of the union speech, don't the parents of newtown deserve a vote? don't the children of newtown deserve a vote? so let's at least force the house into an up and down vote on this bill. >> sam, will that work, that kind of an appeal? >> yes, it will work because a number of house republicans who ran in 2010, including some in pennsylvania, obviously representative griffin from staten island and representative peter king as well from new york. >> delaware county. >> exactly. >> they have to be careful. >> they do have to be careful. they have to be careful and -- but, again, this all comes back to speaker boehner. he holds the cards here. if he feels enough pressure to bring it to a vote, he probably will. if he doesn't, he will bottle it all up and have no reform. he hinted very strongly that he doesn't want to tackle new laws. he wants to work within existing laws. >> i think is one thing people should get involved with. find a way to get to the
i do think, however, it would be possible to embarrass john boehner into at least staging a vote. i remember president obama in his state of the union speech, don't the parents of newtown deserve a vote? don't the children of newtown deserve a vote? so let's at least force the house into an up and down vote on this bill. >> sam, will that work, that kind of an appeal? >> yes, it will work because a number of house republicans who ran in 2010, including some in pennsylvania,...
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but this is all a sideshow, because if john boehner doesn't decide to pick this up in the house, then for naught. >> well, it's not for fought if he can put the pressure on the house. >> that's true. >> that's certainly to me a pretty tough position to be in. if you're boehner, this has passed the upper house, i don't think the members should get a vote on it. cynthia, if sam's reporting is right, and he is a first-rate reporter, and we have a bill that includes background checks, does 2 including the ban? does it include the magazine or whatever, does it have something worth while in it? >> chris, i would like to know more about the details of the background check bill, because one of the fights between democrats and republicans has been over recordkeeping. democrats say if you don't require private sellers to keep any report of a background check, how do we even know that the background check was down? republicans have been say no records of any kind because of course the gun lobby insists that any recordkeeping will lead the government to confiscation of guns. that's never happened
but this is all a sideshow, because if john boehner doesn't decide to pick this up in the house, then for naught. >> well, it's not for fought if he can put the pressure on the house. >> that's true. >> that's certainly to me a pretty tough position to be in. if you're boehner, this has passed the upper house, i don't think the members should get a vote on it. cynthia, if sam's reporting is right, and he is a first-rate reporter, and we have a bill that includes background...
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when you look at health care reform, you know, chief justice john roberts was a pivotal vote in this and that took everybody by surprise. justices know what they are doing in taking this case. they really want it to be a big case. and who knows how they're going to rule. but there's a reason they've decided to take it up. >>> turning to the case on doma. how would a ruling on defense of marriage affect it differently than the one on prop 8. >> there are a number of states that already legalize same-sex marriage. under doma it's difficult for those rights to be recognized if a couple, let's say they get married in massachusetts but move to virginia. well in this case, it would basically say that's not okay to be the law of the land so other states would have to recognize marriages performed in other states, even if they aren't legal in that state. so it wouldn't make gay marriage the law of the land but it would change how couples are recognized. but the whole thing opens up just a much bigger discussion about what gay rights could be. >> christina bellantoni with pbs' "newshour," tha
when you look at health care reform, you know, chief justice john roberts was a pivotal vote in this and that took everybody by surprise. justices know what they are doing in taking this case. they really want it to be a big case. and who knows how they're going to rule. but there's a reason they've decided to take it up. >>> turning to the case on doma. how would a ruling on defense of marriage affect it differently than the one on prop 8. >> there are a number of states that...
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. >> john kerry is very interested in pursuing this. they knows the region very well, and president obama said, fine -- in a way this trip -- this is an unusual trip in that president obama is advancing the secretary of state, who is here right now, but will be coming back pretty frequently, so president obama is not going to -- he's going to talk about the palestinian issue in his business speech tomorrow, i think, but bakley he's trying to set the stage to reset the relationship with israel, with its government in particular so that john kerry can come in and with new ideas and be received, better than some of obama's first-term ideas were received. so there is a point to this trip, but it's a building block trip. >>> jeff goldberg, thank you very much, as always. >> thank you. >>> and up next, in our "daily fix" who killed the senate assault weapons ban. >>> plus mark sanford survives round 1 in south carolina, and why is bill clinton getting involved in the kentucky democratic senate race against ashley judd? send me your thoughts o
. >> john kerry is very interested in pursuing this. they knows the region very well, and president obama said, fine -- in a way this trip -- this is an unusual trip in that president obama is advancing the secretary of state, who is here right now, but will be coming back pretty frequently, so president obama is not going to -- he's going to talk about the palestinian issue in his business speech tomorrow, i think, but bakley he's trying to set the stage to reset the relationship with...
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we have chief justice john roberts pivotal in any high court case, but add to the drama that these two cases, his cousin will tend to two hearings. she's an openly gay lesbian. she has been quoted as saying she has faith in justice roberts. do you think he'll have an eye toward the legacy of his court, and do you think that loving v. virginia from 1967 over interracial marriage is going to have a legacy for this court today? >> i think the judges are always looking at their legacy. it just goes to show that personal connection people have can have such an impact. we've moved the ball forward on marriage equality so far, and one of the things that keeps coming over and over again is i know someone who's gay or lesbian. i have a friend, a family member, a colleague. that has pushed our movement so far forward because it's very hard to deny rights to people you work with and live with and are family with every single day. >> gentlemen, i'm going to ask you to stand by and bring in congressm congressman. you're one of two openly gay members of congress in the state of wisconsin along with
we have chief justice john roberts pivotal in any high court case, but add to the drama that these two cases, his cousin will tend to two hearings. she's an openly gay lesbian. she has been quoted as saying she has faith in justice roberts. do you think he'll have an eye toward the legacy of his court, and do you think that loving v. virginia from 1967 over interracial marriage is going to have a legacy for this court today? >> i think the judges are always looking at their legacy. it...
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. >> we've got a lot of challenges ahead of us, john. me and you. coming into a new situation, okay? i love you very much. i am so proud of you. >> thank you. >> welcome to the pendel ton correctional facility graduate day. i had the opportunity to work with all of these guys. i would like to point out, john madden, he has really had a lot of achievements since he's been here and i'm just glad to see this day happen. >> get dressed. >> after three years in pendleton, john will now walk out a free man. >> take care. >> take care of yourself. >> all right. >> he carries with him the hopes of all those who have witnessed his transformation. >> make yourself proud, john. >> but john madden has hopes of his own. >> six months, i want you to see a successful young man. i want you to see somebody that went out and did what he was talking about. i want you all to see something good. >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> msnbc takes you behind the walls of america's most notorious prisons into a world of chaos and danger. now, t
. >> we've got a lot of challenges ahead of us, john. me and you. coming into a new situation, okay? i love you very much. i am so proud of you. >> thank you. >> welcome to the pendel ton correctional facility graduate day. i had the opportunity to work with all of these guys. i would like to point out, john madden, he has really had a lot of achievements since he's been here and i'm just glad to see this day happen. >> get dressed. >> after three years in...
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. >> well john kerry is going to follow up, the secretary of state, coming back here for din wer prime minister netanyahu. as a former two-term chief white house correspondent, david, you must have been identifying with our own chuck todd and how he tried to sneak in several questions. i wanted to play a little bit more of that wonderful exchange at the news conference last night. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. prime minister. mr. president, i want to follow up a little bit on the peace process. and mr. prime minister, i want to help out my colleague over here and then a question, another question i had for you. is why do you -- >> chuck, how many you got? you see how the young lady from channel 1, she had one question, she was very well behaved, chuck. >> i got one for you. >> these are muted questions. >> i get four questions. >> this is not a kosher question, but don't hog it. >> chuck, mine you're just incorrigible. >> so, so david, of course with the four questions, the centerpiece of the passover seder, there was a seder joke, a kosher joke, it was a borscht belt moment. >> and
. >> well john kerry is going to follow up, the secretary of state, coming back here for din wer prime minister netanyahu. as a former two-term chief white house correspondent, david, you must have been identifying with our own chuck todd and how he tried to sneak in several questions. i wanted to play a little bit more of that wonderful exchange at the news conference last night. >> thank you, mr. president. mr. prime minister. mr. president, i want to follow up a little bit on the...
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so i guess john boehner is now opposed to divorce. according to the "washington post" polling and historic high of 58% of americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, but only 34% of republicans believe same-sex marriage should be legal. today politico published an informal survey of republicans when asked if his views had changed on same-sex marriage, retiring republican senator saxby chambliss said, "i'm not gay." which many of us had actually suspended already. senator lindsey graham resisted the saxby chambliss urge to reveal his sexual preference and instead said "i'm with south carolina. i believe in traditional marriage between a man and a woman." the divorce rate, of course, in south carolina is zero. senator rand paul violated his libertarian principles in saying, "i believe in traditional, historic and the religious nature of marriage. marriage should remain a state issue." chris christie said something incomprehensible to the "new jersey star ledger." asked about ohio senator rod portman's decision this week to supp
so i guess john boehner is now opposed to divorce. according to the "washington post" polling and historic high of 58% of americans believe same-sex marriage should be legal, but only 34% of republicans believe same-sex marriage should be legal. today politico published an informal survey of republicans when asked if his views had changed on same-sex marriage, retiring republican senator saxby chambliss said, "i'm not gay." which many of us had actually suspended already....
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ryan himself agrees with speaker of the house john boehner. this country doesn't have an immediate debt crisis. >> do you believe we have an immediate debt crisis? >> to borrow a phrase from my friend erskine bowles, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. we don't right now, but we see it coming. >> some in ryan's own party are attacking his budget because it doesn't go far enough. paul brown of georgia. brown brags he was the first guy to call president obama a socialist, has been critical of the ryan budget. >> it continues to grow the government, to grow debt. >> today, he went even further. in a "new york times" op-ed entitled paul ryan's ax isn't sharp enough -- it fails to address run away government spending, the most pressing problem facing our nation. brown advocates for the elimination of the energy parts. this guy wants to take the federal government out of the education and toss out a few grants to states to handle everything from medicaid to infrastructure. brown is also a member of the republican study committee
ryan himself agrees with speaker of the house john boehner. this country doesn't have an immediate debt crisis. >> do you believe we have an immediate debt crisis? >> to borrow a phrase from my friend erskine bowles, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. we don't right now, but we see it coming. >> some in ryan's own party are attacking his budget because it doesn't go far enough. paul brown of georgia. brown brags he was the first guy to call president...
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. >> turning now to entertainment katy perry and john mayer's on again, off again relationship seems to be off yet again. the two called it quits seven months after rekindling their relationship. jennifer love hewitt, jennifer aniston, taylor swift and likely many more that we don't know about. >>> girard butler participated in an ama tuesday and talked about the pain of doing his own stunts. the 43-year-old said he was hit in the eye by a bullet casing. he lost a fingernail and sustained bruises the size of melons and hit by exploding debris. >>> sofia vergara is revealing she hopes to have more children and is freezing her eggs. >>> and a princess die than gown sold for $362,000. it set the bar high around the world. >> that's 300,000. how much would a wedding dress go for. >> historic gowns of jackie o, that kind of thing fetch a pretty penny. stay tuned. way too early starts right now. >>> louie anderson nailing it. splash. i don't know what to say. another in a long line of great reality television. you have to stick around to see kareem abdul jabbar. from 300 plus, i don't know
. >> turning now to entertainment katy perry and john mayer's on again, off again relationship seems to be off yet again. the two called it quits seven months after rekindling their relationship. jennifer love hewitt, jennifer aniston, taylor swift and likely many more that we don't know about. >>> girard butler participated in an ama tuesday and talked about the pain of doing his own stunts. the 43-year-old said he was hit in the eye by a bullet casing. he lost a fingernail and...
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you can imagine that john boehner, mitch mcconnell and other party leaders are really happy with this. >> it gives him good cover. >> absolutely and a lot of members good cover. to your point, does it open up some room to the right? you know, for a niche candidate, yes. but overall i'm not sure that there's a lot of room to rand paul's right. that's not necessarily enough of an issue i think for a foothold. >> and chris, we know that rand paul is going to head to iowa very soon for the dinner. he's obviously putting himself front and center on the 2016 stage with this type of announcement. >> yeah, no question, luke. and what's interesting about this is people forget the influence that ron paul's campaign actually had, his dad's campaign, actually had on the process. which is no, ron paul didn't win any states and no, he was never sort of a serious top-tier contender for the presidency. but what he did do was ron paul ak lite ako lights are taken over a lot of state parties, iowa is one of them. aj spiker, the chairman of the iowa republican party, very much a ron/rand paul loyalist.
you can imagine that john boehner, mitch mcconnell and other party leaders are really happy with this. >> it gives him good cover. >> absolutely and a lot of members good cover. to your point, does it open up some room to the right? you know, for a niche candidate, yes. but overall i'm not sure that there's a lot of room to rand paul's right. that's not necessarily enough of an issue i think for a foothold. >> and chris, we know that rand paul is going to head to iowa very...
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john bolten breaks it down. they caution iraq should be remembered without rewriting history because it definitely wasn't a mistake. their expert consultant on the vital moral and strategic questions from the iraq war is the guy that organized it, paul wolfowitz. on the occasion of the tenth anniversary, i didn't expect it to be this overt, but the republican establishment is in full pr mode to try to make it seem like the war in iraq thing was actually a great idea and not the worst foreign policy disaster in maybe a century. there's paul wolfowitz defending it over the weekend, and michael o'hanlon. and donald rumsfeld saying ten years ago began the long difficult work of liberating 25 million iraqis, all who played a roll in history deserve our respect and appreciation. the nerviest thing is that he has the gall to use the word history and saying it was all about liberating the iraqi people. they're trying to do it. they're using the tenth year anniversary of the war to make you believe it didn't happen the w
john bolten breaks it down. they caution iraq should be remembered without rewriting history because it definitely wasn't a mistake. their expert consultant on the vital moral and strategic questions from the iraq war is the guy that organized it, paul wolfowitz. on the occasion of the tenth anniversary, i didn't expect it to be this overt, but the republican establishment is in full pr mode to try to make it seem like the war in iraq thing was actually a great idea and not the worst foreign...
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secretary of state john kerry makes an unannounced stop in kabul. saying the u.s. and afghanistan are on the same page on peace talks with the taliban. that visit comes after recent tensions between president hamid karzai and u.s. officials. fresh off his middle east trip, president obama turns his focus to immigration. hosting a naturalization ceremony for active duty members of the military today at the white house. >> after avoiding the problem for years, the time has come to fix it once and for all. the time has come for comprehensive sensible immigration reform. >>> up in arms. the nra blasts mayor michael bloomberg's plan to pressure senators in key states ahead of next month's gun control vote. >> 90% of the public wants something and their representatives vote against that. common sense says they are going to have a price to pay for that. >> he can't spend enough of his $27 billion to try to impose his will on the american public, they don't want him in their restaurants, they don't want him in their homes, they don't want him telling them what food to eat.
secretary of state john kerry makes an unannounced stop in kabul. saying the u.s. and afghanistan are on the same page on peace talks with the taliban. that visit comes after recent tensions between president hamid karzai and u.s. officials. fresh off his middle east trip, president obama turns his focus to immigration. hosting a naturalization ceremony for active duty members of the military today at the white house. >> after avoiding the problem for years, the time has come to fix it...
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john donald cody. of course, on our civilian desire to do something for themful before you go thinking this is just some weirdness that keeps crawling up out of florida, consider the last couple of years the news out of wisconsin. before scott walker became governor, his last job was being county executive in milwaukee. in milwaukee, he helped organize a local effort for veterans. an annual picnic at the milwaukee zoo. when scott walker made his decision of who to hand that work off to, he made a decision to hand that work off to others, he made bad decisions. the guy on the right was sentenced to a couple of years in prison for stealing $51,000 in money meant to go to veterans and their family. the other guy got the -- for the thousands of dollars that he stole. money again that was supposed to go to veterans. that one was there to be stolen because americans gave that money as a way of saying thank you, we appreciate you. we are glad you are back. saying that to the men and women willing to fight for
john donald cody. of course, on our civilian desire to do something for themful before you go thinking this is just some weirdness that keeps crawling up out of florida, consider the last couple of years the news out of wisconsin. before scott walker became governor, his last job was being county executive in milwaukee. in milwaukee, he helped organize a local effort for veterans. an annual picnic at the milwaukee zoo. when scott walker made his decision of who to hand that work off to, he made...
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i'm joined now live by john rosenthall. good mortgage. >> thanks, chris. >> senator reid argued that stripping away the assault weapons ban makes the bill more passable. it would leave a bill that would require universal background checks, gun-trafficking a federal crime. a program that gives funding for school security. do you think harry reid made a good move? >> well, it's disappointing. but he's done the calculus and knows that an assault weapon bill will not pass the senate. sadly, i think he also knows that even in the democratically controlled senate, a background check for criminals, a universal background check for all of gun sales, including for criminals will not pass the senate. and it was certainly not going to pass the house. so that's what we're up against. and just so everyone is clear about this, you know, i'm a law-abiding gun owner. i own firearms, i go to a gun store where they run a background check. but it's perfectly legal in 33 states to buy guns from private dealers without a background check. so la
i'm joined now live by john rosenthall. good mortgage. >> thanks, chris. >> senator reid argued that stripping away the assault weapons ban makes the bill more passable. it would leave a bill that would require universal background checks, gun-trafficking a federal crime. a program that gives funding for school security. do you think harry reid made a good move? >> well, it's disappointing. but he's done the calculus and knows that an assault weapon bill will not pass the...
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how does this sort of sideshow, how does it look to john q. six pack? >> john q. six pack is really not -- a lot of them are watching now. they will be informed about t but the reality is most people really don't know about this, most people aren't following it certainly not at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. exactly what was appointed with john than is what is going to happen. when they've little bit more engagement with their senator or their member of congress, they are going to say i protected the prairie dogs, i stopped them from reck lating large-sized drinks or whatever kind of foolishness the member wants to talk about. and these one-house bills that aren't going to go any where aren't going to make it into the budget, aren't going to change anything, part of the political currency, the political debate. in the defense of lawmakers, there are some items that, you know, they do want their constituents to know that i at least tried. i went and i did what i could for you on this one very narrow issue that might -- in some case, be a way of educating people that you
how does this sort of sideshow, how does it look to john q. six pack? >> john q. six pack is really not -- a lot of them are watching now. they will be informed about t but the reality is most people really don't know about this, most people aren't following it certainly not at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. exactly what was appointed with john than is what is going to happen. when they've little bit more engagement with their senator or their member of congress, they are going to say i...
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obama heads home, secretary of state john kerry is remaining in the region. he has a pair of meetings today, one of them with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. that's taking place in jordan. another one that will take place over dinner with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu of israel. just another signal of just how important this issue is to the administration as they're showing once again their commitment to try to revive these peace talks. alex? >> all right, peter, thank you so much. >>> here at home the senate passed its first budget in four years, this during an all-night session. the nonbinding blueprint passed by a near party line vote. before its passage the senate spent several hours taking up dozens of amendments. >> average voteorama, 35 amendments. we've done 70, twice as many. doing this has been a herculean feat. >> i know everyone is exhausted and you may not feel it at the moment, but this is one of the senate's finest days in recent years and i commend everyone who has participated in this extraordinary debate. >> some of the ame
obama heads home, secretary of state john kerry is remaining in the region. he has a pair of meetings today, one of them with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. that's taking place in jordan. another one that will take place over dinner with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu of israel. just another signal of just how important this issue is to the administration as they're showing once again their commitment to try to revive these peace talks. alex? >> all right, peter, thank...
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here's an interesting nugget of information also in the courtroom today, a cousin of chief justice john roberts. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams live at the supreme court and he joins us now. and i want to ask you, what are the issues literally being argued today? and how broad or limited could a decision be coming out of the court? >> reporter: well, the main issue is, is prop 8 constitutional? the defenders who have lost in both the lower courts say, yes. but there's a legitimate government reason for making a distinction between the two kinds of couples. they say only opposite sex couples can produce children and that's reason enough for the state to make a distinction. the other side says it doesn't make any sense because allowing same-sex couples to get married, that won't affect the rights of traditional couples, won't in any way devalue the institution of marriage. that's the heart of the case here. now, it has to be said, luke, that there is a potential land mine in this case. and here's the reason. the state of california, which normally would defend its own state
here's an interesting nugget of information also in the courtroom today, a cousin of chief justice john roberts. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams live at the supreme court and he joins us now. and i want to ask you, what are the issues literally being argued today? and how broad or limited could a decision be coming out of the court? >> reporter: well, the main issue is, is prop 8 constitutional? the defenders who have lost in both the lower courts say, yes. but there's a...
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doesn't john kasich do this in ohio? >> but the house of florida stopped him. >> the governor of florida decided he was going to take the medicaid money but the speaker of the house, who we will try to get on the show because it's an absolutely fascinating, to get him and the president of the senate to come up on the show to talk about it. they decided to actually veto it. >> why? >> because they believe the federal government will pay for it the first couple of years but after that, the cost is dumped on the states. you talk to any governor, democratic or republican alike, they tell you that medicaid is their biggest long-term -- so they are concerned about what happens in -- >> arizona, florida, new jersey. >> look. this is a good illustration of a law that was written the right way, right? the big story the last couple of weeks has been sequestration. it's failed and supposed to be written in a way that guaranteed a compromise. the idea behind obama care when it kamed to medicaid it would write a law so attract and th
doesn't john kasich do this in ohio? >> but the house of florida stopped him. >> the governor of florida decided he was going to take the medicaid money but the speaker of the house, who we will try to get on the show because it's an absolutely fascinating, to get him and the president of the senate to come up on the show to talk about it. they decided to actually veto it. >> why? >> because they believe the federal government will pay for it the first couple of years...
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even before huntley/brinkley back from john cameron swayze days as the anchor of nbc news. there is the other neutralists. outside of a couple of breakthroughs, sadat and decision to sign a peace treaty probably the one -- to peace. my feeling is at some point, i almost think an american secretary of state or even a president should say, look. you have my number. 456-1414. if you got a serious plan, i'd like to help but i'm not going to put the united states once again in the middle of a deal where two folks think that god gave them the same piece of land. >> that is what is so fascinating. >> alex, we have a debate inside our country where george w. bush was going in in 2001, if they want peace, give me a call. i'll do whatever it takes. dr. brzezinski saying the past year there will be no peace unless the united states gets in the middle of it, grabs both sides and forces them to the table. >> but you look at the polling on it. two-thirds of the country thinks that peace process should be left to the guys involved in it which is israel and palestine. i think it's also wor
even before huntley/brinkley back from john cameron swayze days as the anchor of nbc news. there is the other neutralists. outside of a couple of breakthroughs, sadat and decision to sign a peace treaty probably the one -- to peace. my feeling is at some point, i almost think an american secretary of state or even a president should say, look. you have my number. 456-1414. if you got a serious plan, i'd like to help but i'm not going to put the united states once again in the middle of a deal...
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. >> he played basketball at johns hopkins and went into the business world and had a lot of success there and got himself into coaching and start this little school that wasn't eligible for post division play until a year and a half ago. >> the school is five miles from the red sox ballpark in ft. myers. >> is how you know it? >> i go past it on the way to the ballpark. beautiful campus on the ft. myers line and next to a great outlet place where they have every outlet store you could think of. >> that is why you go to spring training is for the outlet mall. then you see the university. >> the discount socks. >> mike takes you a layer deeper into the story. >> much more than you need to know. >> the outlet store. >> so if you had florida gulf coast state university, if you had wichita state, lasalle in the sweet 16 you air brilliant man and probably a liar! >> before we launch into this epic chapter of "morning joe," can you drive this thing? you have been gone a while. >> i've been out for a week and i think i got it under control. >> at ski school? >> ski school. dan and i were ta
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secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to baghdad earlier today where he spoke to prime minister nuri al maliki. secretary kerry is now in amman, jordan, and so is chief foreign affairs correspondents andrea mitchell, traveling with the secretary of state. she joins us by phone now. andrea, what did secretary kerry accomplish with this trip to baghdad? >> reporter: well, it was a very tough trip and a tough message, because we went to baghdad, a quick visit. surprise, under tight security and secrecy, for obvious reasons, because ten years ar the war, there still are terror attacks. last week, when dozens were killed in baghdad. he was in a secure place in the embassy and then visiting prime minister maliki and the speaker of the parliament in iraq in their residences, but his message to mallski that the maliki government is permits iran to send weapons and fighters, overflight, loaded with weapons and fighters, to prop up assad in syria and that this is something that americans and the congress, that the administration, cannot understand or tolerate, and as kerry told u
secretary of state john kerry made a surprise visit to baghdad earlier today where he spoke to prime minister nuri al maliki. secretary kerry is now in amman, jordan, and so is chief foreign affairs correspondents andrea mitchell, traveling with the secretary of state. she joins us by phone now. andrea, what did secretary kerry accomplish with this trip to baghdad? >> reporter: well, it was a very tough trip and a tough message, because we went to baghdad, a quick visit. surprise, under...